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 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *     Jens Lukowski/Innoopract - initial renaming/restructuring
 *     
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui.internal.reconcile;

import org.eclipse.jface.text.IRegion;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.reconciler.DirtyRegion;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.reconciler.IReconcileResult;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.reconciler.IReconcileStep;

/**
 * @author pavery
 * 
 * Interface for a step in StructuredTextReconciler framework.
 */
public interface IStructuredReconcileStep extends IReconcileStep {
	/**
	 * Partitions for which this step can add/remove annotions
	 * 
	 * @return an array of the partitions for which this step can add/remove
	 *         annotions
	 */
	String[] getPartitionTypes();

	/**
	 * Returns the scope for which this step adds annotations.
	 * 
	 * @return the scope for which this step adds annotations
	 */
	int getScope();

	/**
	 * Tells you if the step is equal to this step or any of the sibling
	 * steps.
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	boolean isSiblingStep(IReconcileStep step);

	/**
	 * Adds awareness that the Reconciler is reconciling the entire document
	 * this call.
	 * 
	 * @param dirtyRegion
	 * @param subRegion
	 * @param refreshAll
	 * @return
	 */
	IReconcileResult[] reconcile(DirtyRegion dirtyRegion, IRegion subRegion, boolean refreshAll);

	/**
	 * Used to reset the state of the Strategy. For example: any flags that
	 * need to be reset after a long running operation like processAll().
	 */
	void reset();
}